Scan this QR Code with your phone and be instantly connected to our Facebook page where you may also find our website at www.fpchurch.org where you can easily access FPC’s online giving option!! November 1, 2020 All Saint’s Day PRELUDE Elegy on “Behold a Host” Dale Wood CHIMING OF THE HOUR WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS We are delighted that you have joined us this Lord’s Day. If you are interested in membership, we invite you to speak to Rev. Susan. Thank you for being with us! GATHERING AROUND GOD’S WORD CHILDREN’S TIME CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: O give thanks to the Lord, who is good. Congregation: God’s steadfast love endures forever! Leader: Let the redeemed of the Lord say so: Congregation: God’s steadfast love endures forever!

MORNING PRAYER Most astounding God, you lead us through deserts and grant us safe crossings. You save us from trouble and deliver us from distress. You satisfy our hunger and quench our thirst with righteousness and mercy. When we lose our way, you pull us back to you and overwhelm us with love. All honor and glory are yours, our master, our teacher, our friend. Amen. *HYMN 69 Here I Am, Lord PSALM Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37 OT P. 559 CALL TO CONFESSION God turns the desert into pools of water and guides those who have gone astray. Let us confess to God the depth of our need, that we may be saved from trouble. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Lord God, only you are holy. Yet we imagine that we are righteous, excusing our own faults while pointing out those of others. We are quick to lay burdens upon our neighbors but slow to help with their own. We take credit and give blame. In spite of the grace you have shown to us, we are slow to show mercy. Forgive us, O God, and wash us clean, that we may serve you with joy and thanksgiving. Amen. RESPONSE , remember me, when you come into your kingdom. Jesus, remember me, when you come into your kingdom. DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS Sisters and brothers, God has made a way where there was no way. In Christ Jesus evil and death have been vanquished, and we live in a state of grace. Believe the : in Jesus Christ, we are forgiven HYMN NO. 581 Glory be to the Creator, and to the Christ and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end! Amen, amen. *THE PEACE Leader: The peace of Jesus Christ be with you all. Congregation: And also with you.

ANTHEM from Gabriel Fauré Pie Jesu, Domine, dona eis requiem dona eis requiem sempiternam requiem Translation: Merciful Jesus, Lord, grant them rest grant them rest, eternal rest.

PROCLAIMING GOD’S WORD PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION: By your Spirit, O God, still our restless spirits and unstop our ears. Let us hear your Word, that it may be at work in us; for the sake of Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.

SCRIPTURE READINGS Pew Bible Page # Joshua 3:7-17 OT P. 195 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 NT P. 206 GOSPEL Matthew 23:1-12 NT P. 25

SERMON Rev. Susan E. Balfour

THE LORD’S SUPPER *HYMN 756 O God of Every Nation INVITATION GREAT THANKSGIVING (see insert) WORDS OF INSTITUTION RECEIVING THA PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD

INVITATION TO THE OFFERING Let God’s Word be at work within you, offering gifts with glad and joyful hearts. We invite you to present your offerings to God by mailing your contribu- tion, scheduling a draft via your bank, or via the “Donate Now” button (Click the X above the schedule) on our webpage (fpchurch.org). There is also a link on our Facebook page that will take you to our page. Thank you for being faithfully mindful of our ongoing need for your contributions to support our life and ministry together.

OFFERTORY Cantabile on ‘Dundee’ John Ferguson

* Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below; ! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, ! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! *PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION Giver of all good gifts, how can we thank you for your never-ending love? Even our very lives are not enough. Accept these offerings as tokens of our gratitude and signs of our hope in the realm you have promised, the kingdom for which we wait. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER We use the debt/debtors version of the Lord’s Prayer

BEARING GOD’S WORD INTO THE WORLD *HYMN 374 O Holy City, Seen of John

*CHARGE AND Go in peace. AMEN!

*POSTLUDE Fugue in D Minor Johann Pachelbel

Congregational Meeting via Zoom November 15 at 12:30pm Watch for the link in your email. : Vote on suspending the Nominations process Vote on extending current Session members’ terms by one year Renew ’s terms of call

The Session invites you to attend a prayer service on Sunday, November 1, at 3:00 p.m. This will be a time of prayer and remembrance of our late loved ones, as well as honoring those lost to war and pandemic. Our intention is to hold the service on the quad, but if the weather does not cooperate, we will move indoors. Please let us know if you plan to attend, so we can make social-distancing arrangements. You will be required to wear a mask in attendance. I look forward to having the opportunity to praise and thank God with you once again.

Pastor, Rev. Susan Balfour, [email protected] Children & Youth, Gloria Burns, [email protected] Admin. Asst., Amy Snowden, [email protected] Music Director, Dr. Jennifer Flory, [email protected] Organists, Kate Phillips and Jenny Moore Child Care Providers, Morgan Martin, Raeven Rodney, and Andaysha Taylor Co-Treasurers, David Baarda and Joel Burns OFFICE HOURS

church staff church Temporary hours 9am ~ 1pm M-Thurs. PASTOR OFFICE HOURS If you would like to schedule an appt. with Rev. Susan, please call the office (478) 452-9394.

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CHURCH FAMILY: LIMITED MOBILITY Condolences to Debbie Lamsma on the loss of her Mary Carlton beloved father, Steve Baynai Martha Chappell Wesley Applebury, Ewing sarcoma, undergoing both Helen Danuser radiation and chemo treatments Polly Morrison Address: 131 S. Jackson Street Milledgeville, GA 31061 Beth Baarda, rehabilitating at a family home Address: 118 Gabbettville Circle La Grange, GA 30240 Sandra Balfour, metastasis and chemotherapy Harry Beck, immunotherapy; Clear of Cancer Peter Piro, bone cancer recurrence Bill & Ruby Werts, Ruby is recovering EXTENDED FAMILY: Michael Bledsoe, Mary Lucik’s grandson, multiple health concerns Blake Califf, Catherine Dean’s nephew, mental health issues Judy deGrandcourt, Sandra Balfour’s sister, advanced MS Kyle Dennis, Anne Dennis’s husband, recovering from stroke Russell Edwards, Marianne Edwards’ father, numerous health problems Susan Eilers, Mary Lucik’s friend, cancer surgery Frances Garland, Mary Lucik’s sister, heart health concerns Dee Hartmann, Sandra Balfour’s sister-in-law, health issues Elizabeth Knobel, Carolyn Morgan’s daughter, undergoing treatment Julie Montemayor, Becky Henderson’s mother, ongoing health concerns Charlie Morgan, Jennifer Flory’s father, health concerns Chris Pearson, Sunda Coleman’s son, recovering at home; dialysis Bob Smart, Anne Smart’s husband, ankylosing spondylitis

IN ASSISTED LIVING Bryan Dempster, Green Acres, 313 Allen Drive SW Bob & Eloise Lamb, Fellowship Home at Meriwether, 10 Meriwether Place Libby Lounsbury, 208 Tombee Lane, SC 29209 Stevens Powell, Chaplinwood, 325 Allen Memorial Drive SW Room 307 Gloria Smith, Highland Hills Village 1660 Jennings Mill Rd. Watkinsville, GA 30677 Suzy Smith, Savannah Court 1061 Willow Run Rd., Greensboro GA 30642

If you would like a Driveway Moment with Rev. Susan, please call or email to schedule a visit. I'll bring a lawn chair and sit an appropriate distance from you while we have a chat and a prayer. I've had a few such visits, and I've enjoyed them; it's wonderful to be in your presence, see your faces, and hear your voices, unmediated by technology. For Pastoral Emergencies, Rev. Susan can be reached at her Google Voice# 706-623-3230.

If you would like to have a hymnal or pew Bible to use in your in-home worship, please call or email the church office, and we'll arrange to bring one to you. You may also purchase a Glory to God hymnal from store.pcusa.org.

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

GREAT THANKSGIVING

Leader: The Lord be with you Congregation: And also with you Leader: Lift up your hearts. Congregation: We lift them to the Lord. Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. Congregation: It is right to give our thanks and praise. Leader: It is truly right and our greatest joy...... Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with the celestial and with all the faithful of every time and place, who forever sing to the glory of your name:

You are holy, O God of majesty...... Great is :

...Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor are yours, almighty God, now and forever. Amen.

LORD’S PRAYER Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.